Speaker Johnson Defends Speakership Amid GOP Infighting Over Aid to Ukraine and Avoiding Shutdown
• Speaker Johnson warns that effort to remove him would cause "chaos" and hurt GOP politically • He defends decision not to shut down government over funding disputes • GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed motion to vacate speakership, but hasn't forced a vote yet • Greene met with Johnson and said she told him not to provide aid to Ukraine or advance FISA reauthorization • Johnson attempted to downplay tensions with Greene, said they agree philosophically but sometimes disagree on strategy